Pokmon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life[a] is a 2009 Japanese animated adventure film produced by OLM, Inc. and distributed by Toho. The film was directed by Kunihiko Yuyama from a screenplay by Hideki Sonoda. It is the twelfth animated installment in the Pokmon film series created by Satoshi Tajiri, Junichi Masuda and Ken Sugimori, and serves as a direct sequel to Pokmon: Giratina & the Sky Warrior (2008). It was released in Japan on July 18, 2009.
In the film, Arceus, a powerful creature known as a Pokmon, awakens from a long slumber to seek justice on the humans that refused to return Arceus its life-giving jewel and attacked it. Through loop quantum cosmology, the spacial distortions caused by Arceus's awakening leads to the conflict between the extradimensional Pokmon Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina. To prevent Arceus from attacking humanity, Dialga sends Pokmon trainers Ash Ketchum, Dawn, and Brock back in time, along with Sheena, a descendant of the man mistakenly believed to have betrayed Arceus.
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Thousands of years ago, Arceus, a Pokmon believed to have created entire worlds, saved this world[b] from a meteor storm and nearly died with the loss of its sixteen Life Plates. Arceus was saved by a man named Damos, from the wasteland town of Michina, when he returned the plates to Arceus. Feeling pity for the town and in an act of gratitude, Arceus fused five of its plates into the Jewel of Life, which made the land rich and fertile. Arceus asked Damos to return the jewel to it, but Damos, hypnotized by a Bronzong belonging to Damos' lieutenant Marcus, betrayed Arceus and attacked it, as Marcus believed the town would again become a wasteland. Arceus destroyed the temple which was built as a shrine dedicated to it and was forced to go into a long slumber. Arceus intended to judge humanity when it awakened.
When Arceus began to awaken, massive whirlpools of energy formed around it. These distortions brought together the dimensions of two Pokmon that should never have met: Dialga, which rules time, and Palkia, which rules space. Dialga and Palkia then collided with one another in Alamos Town,[c] both mistakenly assuming the other had threatened their territory. This battle affected the Reverse World, the dimension ruled by the Pokmon Giratina, bringing Giratina into the conflict.[d]
In the present, the Pokmon trainers Ash Ketchum, Dawn, and Brock arrive at a lake near the ruined temple. A whirlpool strikes up, threatening the lives of Ash's Pikachu and Dawn's Piplup. Sheena, a descendant of Damos who investigates disruptions in time and space, summons Dialga, who saves Pikachu and Piplup. Giratina arrives, but Ash, who Giratina remembers from their previous encounter,[d] calms Giratina's rage. Sheena believes that Pikachu and Ash are the thunder creature and its master from legend, said to have changed the fate of the town long ago. Palkia arrives to save Dialga from another whirlpool, before the two return to their own dimensions.
Arceus arrives. Sheena offers it the Jewel of Life to calm its wrath, only to discover that the jewel is a fake. Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina arrive to stop Arceus from destroying humanity. Dialga sends Ash, Dawn, Brock, and Sheena back in time to the day when Damos was manipulated into betraying Arceus, where Damos and Marcus fall to their deaths in the collapsing temple. Upon Sheena's request, Dialga sends her and the others further back.
Unaware of Marcus's true role, Sheena tells him everything about the future. Arceus arrives to collect the Jewel of Life from Marcus' scepter, but Sheena is fooled into betraying Arceus when the scepter is empty. Arceus is forced into a pit and is wounded by silver water and electrical attacks, which Arceus became vulnerable to after it gave Damos the jewel. Marcus' intention is to kill Arceus himself to save the future. Sheena and Damos use their abilities to communicate with the other Pokmon to stop the Pokmon under Marcus' control from electrocuting Arceus.
Ash obtains the Jewel of Life. Calmed by Damos' ability, Arceus absorbs the jewel, restoring its own life force, and reversing the time paradox that nearly killed Ash, Dawn, Brock, Sheena, and their Pokmon. Arceus rescues the people and Pokmon from the collapse of the temple. Ash, Dawn, Brock, and Sheena are transported to the present, only to discover that Arceus is still furious and has defeated Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina. Arceus spots Ash and recognizes him due to history's alterations, and reverses the destruction it caused and heals its former adversaries. Ash and the others discover Damos has put them on a mural, thanking them for their help in saving the world and seeing that even without the Jewel of Life, Michina is still fertile due to the people and Pokmon cultivating the land. Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, and Arceus depart for their dimensions, with Arceus realizing that it is truly a part of this world.
The film's director, Kunihiko Yuyama, stated that in the film Arceus was depicted as being nature, the Jewel of Life as being the Sun, with the end goal of making people contemplate how the natural world is essential for the survival of all life. In Japan, the movie was distributed by Toho, best known for creating Godzilla.[2] The movie's fictitious setting is based on the Acropolis, Mycenae, Delphi, and the Metora in Greece, which the director and producers visited in August 2008.
In the United States, the English dub aired on Cartoon Network on November 20, 2009.[4] This marks the first time that a Pokmon feature film has made its U.S. debut in the same year as its original Japanese release.
Film Music Central gave it a positive review saying that "Arceus and the Jewel of Life is definitely one of the better films in the series, and it caps off an excellent story arc" and "Definitely watch this one if you get the chance (but make sure you watch the others first for full effect)"[6] HeyUGuys gave it a negative review saying that "This will not appeal to those who once loved the anime television series or those who really love their anime films and it is no surprise that it may, most likely, not see a release in the UK"[7]
Okay, now this one starts off kinda funky. So Palkia and Dialga are hanging out in their respective dimensions, right? Minding their own business and all that. All of a sudden, we go to a NEW dimension. Not the time dimension, not the space dimension, not the reverse dimension, but a pocket dimension where a sleeping Arceus lay sleeping. Out of nowhere he wakes up and begins growling. He then jumps through all of the aforesaid dimensions and arrives into the normal world. He starts roaring about how humans need to receive judgment (actually, he does that A LOT in the movie).
Without getting too far into the somewhat silly plot, Arceus basically helped humans create civilization by giving its life force to the humans in the form of a jewel. The land flourished, but when Arceus came back for the jewel, the humans refused to give it back. So when Ash and his friend showed up to do this, things went a little off course and got. . . worse. Arceus almost died. The god of all Pokemon almost died because Ash and his friends got involved. But in the end Ash delivered the jewel to Arceus and returned to the normal timeline where a pissed off Arceus was still destroying the world. Arceus immediately recognized Ash and time reset itself. Arceus was no longer mad at humans. Everything was reset to the way it should be, and Arceus flew off into the sunset, realizing he was part of the world.
I remember when I saw the first one in the theatres it was a big deal for me. I was in High School at the time so I had my Dad take me to the a showing away from where we would normally go and insisted on getting my Mew card. I liked how the first one was in the shows continuety but, ended in such a way as to not mess with it. That is the only one I've seen actually.
Quote from: CericI remember when I saw the first one in the theatres it was a big deal for me. I was in High School at the time so I had my Dad take me to the a showing away from where we would normally go and insisted on getting my Mew card. I liked how the first one was in the shows continuety but, ended in such a way as to not mess with it. That is the only one I've seen actually.
That's basically what killed the movie for me: the ending. It would have been slightly fine in itself if they didn't get very preachy about it. Having Mewtwo erase everyone's memories by the end kind of defeats the purpose of hammering the message home. Plus, it just feels cheap.
For what it's worth, it can be enjoyed, but the constant preaching and the ending kill it.
As for my top three movies in the series:
Pokemon 4ever (which I wrote about): I really liked the story and the twist at the end. It got very melodramatic more than once, but I still like it.
Pokemon 3: Entei is my favorite of the three legendary dogs, and I thought the story was both sweet and cool, especially with the Unown (which are useless in battle but amazing in concept).
Lucario and the Mystery of Mew: Now, it's been a while since I've seen this movie but I didn't find Lucario to be THAT angsty. Mewtwo was far worse, I think, since Lucario has a good reason for feeling this way.
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Marcus had come to resent Arceus because he feared that Arceus would turn Michina into a wasteland if the Jewel of Life was returned to it. Marcus was the real reason that Damos betrayed Arceus. He used his Bronzong's Hypnosis on Damos so that he would be under his control.
After he met Sheena, who had been sent to the past to stop Damos's betrayal to Arceus, he learned what the future would turn out to be as well as his own death. He later changed plans and decided to use silver water to kill Arceus. This proved to be very effective in wounding Arceus and causing it to be immobilized. Sheena and Damos communicated to all the Pokmon attacking Arceus, including his Heatran and Bronzong and made them turn against their master. Ash was able to make Marcus give up the Jewel of Life by wrestling with him until he dropped it. While Ash caught the jewel, Dawn, her Piplup and a group of Pokmon cornered Marcus so that he will not follow Ash. Marcus was not defeated yet. Even though he was cornered, the other humans and Pokmon were disappearing because Arceus was close to death. Marcus explained to Dawn what was going on.
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